Tuesday , April 1, 2025

Fraud & Security

Eye on Payments: Nvidia’s AI Fraud Detection Tool; RTP’s Ongoing Use Grows

The evolution of artificial-intelligence tools toward countering credit card transaction fraud took another step with the launch of a new AI workflow from Nvidia Corp. Meanwhile, the RTP network from The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC finds that 90% of organizations’ counterparties whom they send to or receive instant payments …

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Mastercard And Bill Payments and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/28/24

Mastercard Inc. has launched Bill QKr, a service supporting merchants and acquirers in accepting and more quickly processing card-based bill payments. 2C2P, AXS, CardUp, Curacel, and FitBank are among the first to adopt the new service. Real-time cross-border payments platform Nium launched Nium Verify, a service the company says can verify both business …

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Elavon Debuts a Single Gateway Platform

With merchants demanding simpler yet more encompassing payment gateway capabilities, acquirer Elavon launched its Elavon Payment Gateway, starting first with small and mid-size businesses. The new Elavon gateway, announced Thursday, takes a cloud-based, omnichannel approach, offering “features and functionality from existing gateways,” Pari Sawant, Elavon’s chief product officer, tells Digital …

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Bancorp’s Profit up 2.8% and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/25/24

The Bancorp Inc., which provides payments and other financial services to fintechs, reported September quarter-net income of $51.5 million, up slightly from $50.1 million a year ago. Gross dollar volume on prepaid and credit cards grew 15% to $37.9 billion. Payment fees from prepaid and debit cards, automated clearing house …

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BlueSnap’s Many Integrations and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/24/24

Payments provider BlueSnap launched its Channel Partner Program, through which it has signed eight system-integration partnerships in the U.S., Canadian, and U.K. markets. Visa Inc. said it is working with governing entities around the world to help them create digital access to government services for their citizens. Mastercard Inc. announced it has extended its …

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Goldman $89 Million and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/23/24

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has fined Goldman Sachs “at least” $19.8 million in redress and assessed the company a $45 million civil-money penalty, while at the same time ordering Apple Inc. to pay a $25-million civil money penalty. The agency has also banned Goldman from introducing a new credit card …

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The CFPB Releases Its Data Privacy Rule for Open Banking

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has finalized its personal financial data-rights rule aimed at governing the sharing of consumer data through open banking. The new rule, released early Tuesday, will require financial institutions, credit card issuers, and other financial providers to share data at a consumer’s direction with companies offering …

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Better Armed Cyberthieves Means Fewer Breaches, More Effective Attacks

Despite the number of data breaches during the third-quarter of 2024 declining 8% from the previous quarter, criminals are better armed than ever for carrying out these nefarious attacks, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. One factor making it easier for criminals to initiate a data breach is the emergence …

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The Threat From Synthetic Identity Fraud Remains Potent, TransUnion Finds

The risk exposure to businesses from synthetic identity fraud totaled $3.2 billion during the first half of 2024—an all-time high, and up from $3 billion during the same period a year ago, says TransUnions’s “H2 2024 Update” to its State of Omnichannel Fraud Report. Criminals actively used synthetic identities to …

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Oracle Health Payments Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/16/24

Oracle Corp. launched Oracle Health Payments, which the company says combines gateway routing, processing, and acquiring in a single contract for health-care providers. Capabilities include tap-to-pay with Apple Pay, Google Pay, or Samsung Pay. Visa Inc. said it is collaborating with Analytic Partners to enable a data-analytics service for merchants. The fintech Pivot …

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